It’s been quite a while since I last sat down and played with the MysticPop family consistently, so putting this photo dump together felt a little like flipping through an old family album. There are long gaps between some of these gameplay sessions, which means I don’t always remember the exact context behind every screenshot. Still, each image captures a small moment that can stand on its own.
One thing I enjoy most about this save file is simply taking in the scenery. A lot of the screenshots aren’t tied to major story developments or dramatic events. Instead, they’re snapshots of everyday life, interesting backgrounds, beautiful lighting, or little interactions that caught my attention while playing. Sometimes the world itself is more memorable than the storyline.
This collection also includes a few high school scenes, which remain a big part of where these characters currently are in their journey. Since I haven’t been playing regularly, it feels like I’m progressing through these early storylines at a slower pace than usual. Revisiting the family after a break often feels like reconnecting with characters I’ve left paused in their own lives.
Not much has changed structurally within the household. I still haven’t created any new characters for this family, and there haven’t been any adoptions or major expansions to the household. The focus remains on the original cast and their ongoing stories as they continue navigating school, relationships, and everyday life.
For now, the MysticPop family is still very much in its early chapters. There are plenty of stories left to explore, even if progress happens sporadically. At the same time, I’ve been considering creating a completely new family alongside them. Sometimes a fresh household brings new inspiration while allowing an older save to continue developing at its own pace.
Until then, here are a variety of moments from the MysticPop family, ranging from everyday scenes to scenic snapshots that made me pause long enough to reach for the screenshot button. Even when I can’t remember every detail behind them, they’re still little pieces of this family’s ongoing story. 📸✨
I’ve taken a short break from InZoi and started a new cozy game:The Witch’s Bakery(via Steam).
✨ Synopsis
“The Witch’s Bakery is a 2D narrative Adventure RPG where you live a magical life as a witch‑baker in Paris! Serve customers, visit iconic streets, and heal people’s hearts with your croissants 🥐.”
🧁 First Impressions
The game is filled with small tasks, gentle puzzles, character moments, and adorable little companions. It unravels at a very easy‑to‑navigate pace — perfect for winding down after a long day. It doesn’t demand high energy, and that’s part of its charm.
🎨 Art & Atmosphere
The graphics are simple and easy to run, but the illustrations — especially when she enters other realms — are genuinely beautiful. There’s a soft, storybook quality to the world that makes each new area feel like a tiny discovery.
🥐 Gameplay
I really enjoy the simple puzzles and the bakery‑fulfilling tasks. Kneading the dough is probably my least favourite action, but it’s a necessary little chore each time the bakery opens.
Sometimes I do feel like I’m pressing the space bar a lot to get through dialogue, but keeping an open mind, it hasn’t felt too tedious. The dialogue is simple enough that I’m accidentally learning bits of French vocabulary along the way.
🗺️ Exploring Paris
The map is a nice motivation to keep “unlocking” the world. Each day brings new characters and new things to discover. I’ve never been to Paris, so this cozy little fantasy version feels fun and whimsical.
I’m not sure when I’ll jump back into InZoi, even though I know new content has dropped. Right now, Witch’s Bakery feels like the right pace for me — slow, warm, and easy to slip into after work. I’ll keep playing and see where this little Paris adventure takes me.
September went by like a blur for me. I just needed some time to play without churning any of it into content. I took some screenshots and recordings but ended up deleting it all because, well, when I looked back on it, I simply felt “meh” about it.
There was nothing in my gameplay that I felt was worth sharing. It is hard to describe but I basically had a whole month of self-indulgent gameplay. I rotated through a couple of families and fulfilled their needs, but overall, it was kind of mindless — and maybe that’s all that I needed from Inzoi at the time.
It was a very baseline, just escaping from my real life stressors — work, family obligations, etc.
So I didn’t have much that I felt was worth sharing for the blog. I think, in between the time of my last post and this post, there was a minor update with the restaurant system in the game? Which I did play with a new family — but it was like “test” family — I haven’t mentioned them here to date.
I didn’t find the new restaurant tasks that interesting so I decided not to share it.
Now, recently — and I get a lot of my updates from this creator — I watched @FANTAYZIA’s videos on YouTube talking about a new witch mod, and then that inspired me to attempt to download it as well. However in my current family it hasn’t come up as a significant new world, not like the previews it features.
Meanwhile, in pop culture news — I feel very behind, actually — but in my September month of “burnout recovery” (this is how I would describe my life that month in the context of everything going on with work and personal life) — I watched a lot of Netflix, YouTube, etc, and stumbled upon Pop Star Academy, the KATSEYE documentary.
So, in my most recent gameplay, I decided to try creating a family based on the pop girl group KATSEYE’s members, as well as Adela — another pop princess that I am now very fond of, and who was also in that documentary.
That was my initial plan, however when I started creating my family from scratch, well, I ended up with this list of characters:
Lara (Adult)
Adela (Adult, spouse of Lara)
YC (Teen, sister of Lara)
Manon (Teen, sister of Lara)
Meg (Child, sister of Lara)
Then I just got tired and impatient and wanted to start my game. So I am leaving Sophia, who I might rename as Soph or Sophie, and Daniella, who I might also simply name Dani, as future offspring of Lara and Adela Zois.
Yeah. It makes sense to me.
I started them in Cahaya, because I thought that was required for the witchy mod?
Then I ended up placing an art gallery building I downloaded from Canvas.
It has been a lot of fun tweaking the art gallery for Zoi living. Because me, personally, I don’t think I am that great of a builder or decorator. I love just placing a house that pre-designed from other creators. So grateful to the community for that. But in the gameplay, I have certain items and things that I do want for my Zois. For example, I always have a Ramen machine. I always have a First Aid Kit. These have become items that I always want my Zois to be able to reach for. And that’s just me!
I also find that creators who do really intricate designs which are so absolutely amazing and gorgeous — it’s not as practical for me during my actual gameplay session.
So it’s fun to make those personalised changes, but still keep about 80% of the gorgeous design as a world to immerse in gameplay with.
Graphics — I am still not very good with my graphics settings. Please bare with me as I simply accept the low quality graphics of my gameplay. As an elder millennial I honestly don’t even mind it and I am having fun with it. It’s only when I watch other creators’ YouTube videos I’m then struck with, “Oh wow, InZOI graphics are actually THAT GOOD?” — Well, it is on the bucket list for hardware upgrade one day, but I don’t think it is happening for me yet for the rest of 2026.
Anyway, in terms of the witchy mod, I did place one cauldron in the kitchen. But my Zoi could only make drinks with it? I’m not sure if I’ve installed the mods properly. It wasn’t very obvious when I was creating my new family of Zois where were items for witchy integration? Probably I didn’t read the mod instructions at all when I “subscribed” — so, I’ll revisit that one day as well and see if I can figure out where I went wrong with it… or design a whole other new family.
But —
The whole “witch” mod theme is something I can definitely sink my teeth into. And I believe I will be posting more about that with different scenarios and possibly different families too.
I’m just scratching the surface of it.
And hopefully in October I’ll be getting back to more regular blog posts and even YouTube clip uploads.
I don’t know if people want to see like a long stretch of ASMR gameplay? Because I haven’t narrated anything yet. But I feel that would be the easiest gameplay content for me to share.
I think that’s where I’ll wrap things up for now. September ended up being a quiet reset for me — a month of playing without producing, letting myself drift through families and routines without needing any of it to become content. And honestly, easing back into creativity this way feels right.
As I move into October, I’m slowly finding my spark again. The witch mod, the MysticPop family, and my little gallery build have all given me something new to explore, and I’m excited to keep experimenting without forcing a specific direction. I’m still figuring out what kind of content feels natural — whether that’s cozy written updates, simple gameplay posts, or even ASMR‑style clips since narration hasn’t felt aligned yet.
For now, I’m just happy to be back, playing at my own pace, and letting the stories unfold. More updates soon.
Oh… literally within half an hour of my previous post, I started playing again and the game KILLED OFF MY YOUNGEST SON IN THE PEPPERMINT FAMILY! (Lol……………………….)
He died of FOOD POISONING.
Then he turned into a ghost.
Then I had to try and complete his ghost “wishes” within 3 days.
Then he had a funeral and could reach out to loved ones as a ghost.
Then he ascended. Back to normal gameplay with the rest of the family.
It was, ugh… interesting… lol…
I did a screen recording but I’m not sure if it’ll be fun to watch because I was also trying to get the controls for first-person play but didn’t quite work. Then I was trying to get him to roam around the city with a mouse click. Then I figured, “Okay, let’s just find the cemetery” and made him go there as a ghost.
The family was so sad.
They still are. I’m going to jump back into gameplay now and see how long this mourning period goes on for…
I’ve been playing the Peppermint family rather self-indulgently for about the past month? I forgot when was even my last blog update, sorry!
What started with 3 teens, 3 elementary aged kids and 2 middle-aged adults turned into 2 seniors, 3 young adults, and now 3 teens. There was a moment of overlap where all 6 offspring of this married couple were at high school at the same time — that was a very busy period! Then fortunately the older kids aged up and now I got them on a few different career paths.
I don’t know why I challenged myself to such a big family with the recent high school upgrade. It’s definitely been keeping me busy, but not so easy to keep up with any kind of story narration. I’m just playing, just zoning out with my gameplay.
They hired a gardening service and he came dressed like that.My Zoi had a blind date with a Billie Eilish looking Zoi?!Lost & found…These two siblings were both scheduled for separate blind dates at this same location, but ended up sitting next to each other so it looked like THEY were on a date! (Haha) — Or maybe they were debriefing with each other “How is your date? Not great…” LOL She just really wanted to get a tarot reading… My girl got Prom Queen!Older siblings graduationWorking girl now. Completing at home work tasks — why do they have to do overtime? Is there a cheat for that?
I did a few wardrobe refreshes for some of these Zois… The mother Zoi in particular inspires me to look forward to how I will style myself as an aging senior in the future with her pink and blue bob cut hair.
I am still playing this family as I want to observe when a Zoi ages and then dies naturally from old age. I didn’t turn on “no death” cheats with this family and so far nobody has died by accident or natural causes — yet.
I wonder if there is a way to “move out” Zois from families as I feel it would be more interesting to maybe make the oldest boy move out and meet someone, start his own family. I haven’t researched yet whether this is even possible in InZoi — if you know, please feel free to discuss!
So far the high school clubs in Bliss Bay have not been as accessible, I’m not sure if there is a bug in my game or it’s just going to appear with the next update? But I didn’t mind them not participating in that many clubs — there’s a lot to do just keeping up with homework tasks!
I’m finding with so many Zois in one family, I’m setting up tasks but not sticking around to observe them being played out. It then leaves out many opportunities for meaningful screenshots and narrative notes. But as a gameplay it was an interesting challenge to juggle so many Zois in one family. I did download the mod to have up to 14 Zois in a family but I’m not sure if I’m ready to actually play that YET… 8 family members has already been a chaotic brain numbing exercise to escape from my daily REAL life.
Okay, so… I’ve been absolutely living in the new high school update lately, and I got a bit carried away. I thought, “Why not make things harder for myself?” and suddenly I’m sitting there with a full 8‑Zoi household. Two adults. Six kids. Names and personalities were pretty random.
I ended up calling them the Peppermint family, which honestly fits their vibe — sweet, colourful, and slightly chaotic.
The Peppermint Family
3 high schoolers
3 elementary kids
3 boys, 3 girls
I recorded the whole Zoi creation process, and I’ll pop that on YouTube soon. I also grabbed a preset house in Bliss Bay and rearranged the interiors to fit this giant family. That build recording is coming too.
High school life in Bliss Bay looks a little different from Cahaya, but both are equally fun.
I’ve only spent two Zoi days with them so far, but wow… there is always something happening. Someone hungry, someone tired, someone fighting, someone doing homework, someone not doing homework. It’s a lot — but it keeps me fully engaged the whole time.
I’m not narrating yet, but I’ll upload some ASMR-style clips soon for anyone who likes cosy gameplay sounds.
Honestly? It’s been a blast. The Peppermints might be my new favourite chaos family.
Random screenshot after I set up the new home. I don’t know who prepared this meal but some of them gathered here to eat it. (That’s Mom, oldest teenage son, and two kiddos)Mama Peppermint greeting their neighbour.I set up these fish tanks but haven’t yet gone fishing for them to be filled. These kiddos just chillin and chatting to Mommy. (Yoga mats on the balcony side) I love this property right by the beach. So gorgeous. Downstairs living and kitchen area. All of a sudden they were “meeting partners” for dinner at 8:00 pm. SO. MANY. PARCELS! Every Zoi has the same introductory messages on their phones and I accepted the parcels for all of them. I haven’t kept track at all of who’s got what parcel, so I just hover over it and click “open all parcels” but they only open the parcel(s) that is theirs. These kids were starting to fight! On their own autonomy! Just pissing each other off! Dad the mediator. Mama needed a break and went to the beach to chill next to random strangers. Started small talk, no deep friendships yet. I don’t think the sofas can even sit the entire family all at once but this is the living room situation. One teen is doing homework while the other is eating and about to do homework.
The boy practising singing as part of homework while his Mom is on the computer in the same room. Quality family time spent together. I love this scene of them having a family meal. It happened almost autonomously. Someone decided to make the meal and serve it, and I simply had to direct the daughter to join. My girl just chilling on a sofa and scrolling her phone… so relatable… Family time watching TVI love their home background scenery. Papa Zoi just doodling in a notebook with that background in his surroundings. Trying to make my girl learn to cook and bake… being more helpful in the kitchen!
My apologies for how many weeks I haven’t updated — there’s just a lot of stuff going on in real life these few months as I previously mentioned.
However, this week, I did finally get some time to unwind and play InZOI with the new high school updates since end of June.
I decided to play with my teenage characters from the Cookii family. (Not sure if I even mentioned that the little boy aged up since the last few gameplays?)
Sorry, I’m a bit all over the place with my blog now, and haven’t uploaded anything on YouTube at the time of this writing. It will still be really sporadic for the next couple of months as well. I just can’t establish any consistency during this season of my personal life.
However — did I enjoy the high school tasks and environments, and even Prom Party? — Yes! 100%
I actually wasn’t expecting it to be that good of an update?
I wasn’t really expecting anything, actually. The idea of a “high school” update wasn’t something that I felt I desperately needed in my gameplay, but since it was made available, I did find it quite amusing. There’s so many tasks — I don’t think my Zoi had enough time during each period to complete them all. And some things, I couldn’t get to? Such as playing on a computer at school during free time — but the computers were locked behind staff offices? Perhaps there is some cheat somewhere, or I need my Zoi to be far more cheeky and try to break in? I haven’t gone that far with it yet.
I made both my teens joins clubs. The boy joined a soccer club, the girl joined a cooking club. There’s still some Korean labels with it but I figured it out with the pictures.
I’m trying to get them some dates — why is it so hard making friends and going on dates? Is it just me?
Anyway, it was a good few hours of gameplay.
Ma boi got Prom King! Ma gurl tryin to chat up a dudeCafeteria sceneMa boi in art class Ma boi in da soccer clurbMa gurl tryin to make a new friend “add new contact” Ma boi tryin to make a new friend “add new contact”
I’m still going through some personal life stuff… just playing the game very casually and inconsistently…
Here’s some recent pics that I thought were mildly amusing.
Zoi got a helmet!!! Finally installed some mods, so this was the “Safety First!” mod for helmets.I just love the view of this house… here’s my little girl eating outside by herself… in the world’s most beautiful modern Hanok house! I like ordering fried chicken for the family. It’s so easy on Pocket Market when they’re too tired to cook!Suddenly all these kids and teenagers spawned onto the playground when my little girl went to school, I just had to take a screenshot.
